All Clauses and their subclauses, all Annexes, their Clauses and subclauses, and Bibliography of IEC 61010-1:2010, IEC 61010-1:2010/AMD1:2016 and IEC 61010-1:2010/AMD2:—2 apply except as follows.
1 Scope and object
1.1.1 Equipment included in scope
Replace the existing text of 1.1.1 with the following new text:
This part of IEC 61010 specifies safety requirements for hand-held multimeters and other meters for domestic and professional use, capable of measuring MAINS.
Hand-held multimeters are multi-range multifunction measuring instruments intended to measure voltage and other electrical quantities such as resistance or current. Their primary
purpose is to measure voltage on a live MAINS. They are suitable to be supported by one hand during NORMAL USE.
1.1.2 Equipment excluded from scope
Add the following new item to the list of 1.1.2 and the following new paragraph:
aa) IEC 61557 (all parts), Electrical safety in low voltage distribution systems up to 1 000 V AC and 1 500 V DC – Equipment for testing, measuring or monitoring of protective measures.
HAND-HELD EQUIPMENT such as oscilloscopes, wattmeters, process control multimeters not RATED for measuring voltage on a live MAINS, clamp multimeters and communications test sets are not within the scope of this document.
Aspects included in scopeReplace item c) and item h) from the list of the second paragraph of 1.2.1 with the following new item c) and item h):
c) spread of fire or arc flash from the hand-held multimeters (see Clause 9);
h) HAZARDS related to the use and REASONABLY FORESEEABLE MISUSE of the hand-held multimeter (see Clause 16 and Annex BB).
Insert the following new paragraph between the third paragraph and the NOTE of 1.2.1:
Annex BB and Annex CC provides guidance to equipment manufacturers on HAZARDS that should be considered for equipment intended for performing tests and measurements on hazardous conductors, including MAINS conductors and telecommunication network conductors.
1.2.2 Aspects excluded from scope
Add a new item aa) after item h) of the list of 1.2.2:
aa) HAZARDS related to the use by pupil OPERATORS in educational establishments (see IEC 61010-2-130).
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